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cord-338576-gh1plurq	Regen, Francesca	A Simple Approach to Optimum Pool Size for Pooled SARS-CoV-2 Testing	2020-08-28		.txt	text/plain	1203	37	39	While the probability Pn of a pool of size ps being negative at target prevalence (p) can be described as = (1 − ) , the probability of a pool being positive (Pp) can be described as This simplifies as The optimum pool size for a given frequency is defined by the local minima of the isolines in figure 1A and can be more precisely determined by the first derivative of equation 1 Results from our analysis clearly demonstrate the relation between target prevalence rates and optimum pool sizes in a two staged pooling strategy. Local minima suggest optimum pool sizes at the respective target prevalence rate (isolines; A).	cache/cord-338576-gh1plurq.txt	txt/cord-338576-gh1plurq.txt
